I'm Martin Crook, the designer and builder who goes under the name Brute Creations.
I built my first guitar in 2016 out of a need for something that not only looked different from off-the-shelf instruments but delivered sonically enough to cut through the bass and drums of the noise-rock group I was in.
Inspired by bands like Big Black, Shellac, Sonic Youth and Swans, I was drawn to the designs and sounds of guitars by Travis Bean, Millimetric, Obstructures and Odessa. This resulted in my first build, the "Sonic Strife". I've since built guitars using Alder, Ash, Sapele, Poplar and Cherrywood, with both wooden and aluminium necks.  I use electronics and hardware by Alpha, CTS, Switchcraft, Gotoh, Axecaster, Graphtech, Fender and Hipshot. I've used pickups by Electrical Guitar Company, Bare Knuckle, Wilkinson, Fender, Q Pickups and Mad Love, but for the last few builds I've been winding my own pickups based on the Travis Bean TB500 single coils, and these will be going in my subsequent builds. 
All of my guitars are individually made by me, by hand. The bodies are hand-routed and drilled from timber blanks, as are the pickguards from acrylic sheet. My  pickups are assembled and wound by me, and I also hand-wire and solder the electronics. Even the rear-mounted aluminium sustain plates are hand filed and drilled. The finished guitars are assembled, set up and tested by myself. There are cheaper, Chinese-made aluminium guitars out there, but in the world of aluminium guitars, I hope you find that my individual and bespoke handmade instruments are affordable too.
In 2021 I began building and selling various Fuzz pedals and Feedback Loopers. The development of Shellac-themed Harmonic Percolators and IVP Pre-Amp Pedals have proven extremely popular with my customers.
If you'd like to try out any of my guitars or pedals, please get in touch. Demo videos are on my YouTube channel Here.